Speaking part 2:

1. Describe a museum

 How often do you visit the museum?

 Which type of museum is popular in your country?
 Why do you want to visit the museum?

Follow-up:

 What do you think of the importance of museums in history?

 How do you think of the heritage of a country?
 Compare the museums nowadays and in the past

2. Describe your favorite photograph

 Where was the photo taken?

 Who took the photo?
 What can be seen from the photo?
 Explain why it is the favorite photograph for you.

Follow-up:

 How to take good photo?

 When do people use camera?
 How can the new technology put cinema’s skill advanced?

3. Describe an area of your country you know and like

 Where is it?
 What are its special features?
 What do you and other people do in this area?
 Explain why you like it.

Follow-up:

 What do you think of the historic place in the future?

 Will the government increase or decrease the safety guard?
 What are the changes to the local people and economy?
 What is the impact on the historic place by tourists?

4. Describe a party

 What is the party?

 Why was the party held?
 Who attended the party?
  What did you do for that party?

Follow-up:

 What’s the difference between serious party and friendly party?

 Why are some people late for parties intentionally?
 Why do some people like party while others hate it?
 What would you do if the guests feel bored?
 Will there be more and more people to attend parties?

5. Talk about a subject you are studying

 What subject are you studying?

 What is the subject about?
 How do you feel about it?
 Explain why you are interested in it.

Follow-up:

 Is there any difference between the traditional and modern educational systems?
 What are the pros and cons of the current educational system in your country?
 Do you think it is necessary to give comment or criticism to teachers?

6. What is the important invention before the age of computer?

 What is the invention?

 Why do you think it is very important?
 What are the advantages and disadvantages of the invention?

Follow-up:

 What is the significant impact of modern inventions on life?

 Which skills do you want to study in the future?
 Do you think it’s necessary to develop modern invention in the countryside?

7. Describe an interesting city you know and like

 Where is it?
 How did you go there?
 What did you do there?
 Explain why you found it so interesting.

Follow-up:

 Say something about the tourism development in your country, facility, services and the
effect on environment.
  What is the importance of travel and tourism industry?
 What do you think the function of tourist guides?

8. Describe your favourite movie

 What’s the name of the film?

 What’s the theme of the film?
 Why do you like it?

Follow-up:

 Describe a type pf movie you like.

 What’s the difference between Chinese and American movies?
 What do you think of the violent films (Hollywood films)?
 Why movies need computer techniques? Any example of movie using computer
techniques?
 Which parts of cinema are the most important and how to improve it?

9. Describe a newspaper or magazine you enjoy reading

 Which newspaper or magazine do you read the most regularly?

 Which parts of it do you like?
 When and where do you read it?
 Explain why you enjoy reading it.

Follow-up:

 What do you think the important qualities for a news reporter?

 What’s the function of a report to the society?
 What kinds of books/newspapers/magazines do Chinese adolescents read?
 With the popularity of Internet, do you think newspapers and magazines will disappear?

10. Describe a children’s game (sports not suggested)

 How is it played?
 What can you learn from the game?
 What impact does it bring on your growth?

Follow-up:

 What do you think of the benefits of children’s games?

 Nowadays children have less and less time for game, what do you think about it?
 What do you think the difference between games nowadays and in the past?
 What’s the negative aspect of games?

11. Describe a special occasion in your life

  Where did it take place?
 When did it take place?
 Who was there?
 Explain your feelings on this occasion.

Follow-up:

 Tell me how you organize your study time.

 What do you think is important in achieving happiness?
 How do Chinese celebrate some happy events?
 What do the camera and video play in celebrating?

12. Describe something you own which is very important to you

 Who gave it to you?

 What is it?
 What does it mean to you?

Follow-up:

 What are the changes of city between now and past?

 Does money represent happiness and why?
 How do you regard as the things people want to earn?

13. Describe one of your neighbours

 When did you become neighbours?

 Do you often meet?
 State whether your neighbour is a good one.

Follow-up:

 What is the difference between neighbours and friends?

 Why do people like to watch TV serials in their houses?
 How do you think of the relationship in the city?
 How to improve the neighbourhood?

14. Describe one of the shopping centers you often go to

 Where is the shopping center?

 How often do you go to the center?
 Why do you often go to it and its characteristics?

Follow-up:

 Will smaller shops survive in the current business system?

  What are the characteristics of shopping malls and smaller shops and their difference?
 What is the trend of future shopping centers?
 Talk about online shopping.

15. Describe your favourite animal

 What kind of animal is it?

 Describe it briefly.
 Why do you like the animal?

Follow-up:

 What do you need to do to take care of it?

 What’s the future trend of the animal?
 How do you think of the poaching of some precious animals such as pandas?

16. Describe a historical place

 What is the place?

 Where is it located?
 What is the historical meaning of the place?

Follow-up:

 What do you think of the future trend of historic places?

 Will government strengthen its protection toward historic places?
 What are the changes brought about by the historic place in local economy, people, etc?
 What is the effect of tourists on the place?

17. Advertisement

 What are the forms of advertisement?

 What are the functions of advertisement?
 What is the effect of advertisement to people?

Follow-up:

 Do you feel bored and disgusted about advertisement?

 What do you think are the criteria of assessing a good piece of advertisement?
 What will happen if unauthoritative advertisements prevail in the market?

18. Describe an important letter

 When did you receive the letter?

 From whom did you receive the letter?
 Explain the reasons why it is important.
Follow-up:

 What is the significance of handwriting?

 Does your country have handwriting lesson now?
 Compare the handwriting now and past.
 With the popularity of computers and Internet, will people lose their ability to write
letters?

19. Describe the best present you have received

 Who sent it to you?

 When did you receive it?
 Detailed information about the present.

Follow-up:

 Do you think that present giving will play an important role in Chinese daily life? Why?
 Do you think that the brand name is very important for sales?
 In terms of the media, which do you think will play a main role in present giving,
television, newspaper or Internet?

20. Describe your holidays

 Where do you go for the holidays and how long do them last?
 Who do you go with?
 Talk about any interesting things happening during your holidays.

Follow-up:

 What do the Chinese people mostly do in their leisure time?

 What's the difference between holidays today and 5 years ago and the reasons for the
change?
 Do you think people will spend more time on leisure or working in the future?